Refrigerator-car.



M. P. REYNOLDS.

REFRIGERATOR CAR.

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M. P. REYNOLDS.

REFRIGERATOR CAR.

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REFRIGERATOR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED OET. 24. I914.

M. P. REYNOLDS REFRIGERATOR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED oer. 24. I914.

Patentedfiept. 21, 1915. Q 4 SHEETS*SHEE14 MORLEY PUNSHON REYNOLDS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIG-NOR T0 THE- W. S. TYLER COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

REFRIGERATOR-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 21 1915 Application filed October 24, 1914. Serial N 0. 868,407.

ticularly to ice bunkers which can be col-f lapsed when not in use in order to permit the entire space in the car to be utilized.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and efiicientform of ice bunker which can be .quickly and conveniently installed in refrigerator cars and which is formed of material which permits of the free and continuous circulation of air for driving the cooled air into the center of the car, and which when not being used for refrigerating purposes can be readily collapsed or folded in order that the, space ordinarily occupied by the same when in Ii'ise can be utilized for packing and carrying other goods.

Another object of my invention is to provide a collapsible bunker which will be rigidly held when the parts are in position and one in which the usual drip pan will be so arranged as topresentthe same appearance as the floor of the car when the bunker is in its collapsed position, thereby increasing the floor space of the car.

My invention consists, generally stated, in

v the novel arrangement, construction and combination of the parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

\ To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct,

. use, install and manipulate my improved collapsible ice bunker I will describe the same fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front view with parts broken away of my improved bunker in its position in an ordinary car, showing the car in section. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view of one end of the car, showing the bunker in position for use. Fig. 3, is a like view showing the bunker collapsed. Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig, 5, is a like view on the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6, is a side view (broken away) of one of the ice bars showing the ice rack hinge. Fig. 7, is a plan view of said hinge. Fig. 8, is a cross sectional 'view of one of the bars of the ice rack. Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged details .of the roller arrangement for the bulkhead.

Figs. 11 and 12 show the arrangement of the wire fabric for forming the necessary.

air spaces. Fig. 13 is adetail section of the slde frame and manner of hinging the same; Fig. 14. is a detached detail view of the hinge for the side frame.

Like symbols of' reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

My improved ice bunker 1 is installed in each end of the car A, and such car is pro vided with the usual floor a, roof b, end wall 0 and side walls d. The bunker 1 extends across the end of the car A, and consists of the ice chamber 2 which has the partition or bulkhead 3 at the front of the same. The ice chamber 3 is formed by the woven wire fabric sheets 5, which cover the frame 5 on the end wall 0*of the car A, by the woven wire fabric sheets 8 covering the side frames 7 which extend along the side walls 01 of the said car and by the movable partition or bulk head3, and the wire fabric sheets 5' and 8 thus form air spaces 4 and 6 respectively with the end wall 0- and the side walls (Z of the car A. The movable bulk head 3 is provided with rollers 9 which are held in suitable supports 9' on the side edges of said bulk head, and such rollers are adapted to extend into the recesses 10 in the side walls d of the car A. These recesses the chamber 3 if desired. The front partition 13 is provided with a wire fabric portion 16 extending between the top of the sameand the roof of the car, and the bot- 11 0 tom of said partition is provided with another woven wire fabric portion 17, both of which assist in the circulation of air, as later explained. The side frames 7 covered by the woven'wire fabric 8 extend to within a reasonable clearing distanceof the roof I; of the car and to a position in line with the bottom of the partition 13 of the bulk head 3'. These side frames 7 are provided at their outer ends with suitable hinges 18 in order to permit of their being swung around against the back of the car, as later explained.

The ice rack 19 is formed ofa plurality of ice bars 20 securely fastened together at such a distance apart as to permit the water as it melts from the ice to drip into drip pan 21, and said ice rack is adapted to rest with its outer end on the bracket 22 and with its inner end on the bracket 23 on the bulk head 3. The ice bars 20 are preferably formed of angle iron having the ends of the same flattened out and riveted or otherwise fastened to thefront rails 20 and back rail 20. In addition the ice rack 19 is hinged by its back rail 20 to the frame 5 at its outer end by suitable hinges 2 so that said rack can be raised or folded .against the woven -wire fabric 5. This ice'rack rests slightly above the lower ends of the side frames 7, so that said frames cannot be folded backward against the end of the car until said ice rack has been raised. The drip pan 21 consists preferably of galvanized iron, or other metal, of the proper dimensions for carrying off the water as it melts from the ice, and rests in a recess 25 directly beneath the ice rack 19 when the same is in its lowered position. Within the drip pan 21 is a series of bars 26 which are connected together in any suitable man-- her, and said bars are cut out on their under faces to provide passageways 27 for the free circulation of the water in the drip pan 21, from which the water is carried ofi in the usual manner.

The operation of my improved ice bunker 1 is as follows: When the parts are assembled in position to form the ice chamber 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the ice is all removed or melted, and it is desired to fold up or collapse the bunker, the door 13' is opened and the person operating the same raises the ice rack 19, which operates on the hinges 24 by grasping the front of the same, and then enters the chamber 2, after which the ice rack is folded up against the fabric 5, where it may be latched or fastened in any suitable manner. The side frames 7 covered with the fabric 8 are now swung around by their hinges 18 against the ice rack 19, whereupon the bulk head 3 may be pushed back against the side frames, after which, if necessary, the said bulk head can be latched in position. This is only the work of a few seconds, and the floor space over which the ice rack formerly rested can be 'immediately utilized, as the bars 26 therein present practically the same appearance 'as the remainder of the floor of the car, and the drip from the melting ice will have passed through the passageways 27 between said bars and have been carried off in theusual manner.

It will readily be seen that with the use of my improved bunker the warm air which always rises will pass through the wire fabric 16 into the air spaces 4, 6 and 13 where it will drive the cold air downward and thus cause the same to pass through the wire fabric 17 into the interior of the car. This will keep a continuous circulation of air in the car and will assistmaterially in the refrigeration, as the cold air will be much more evenly-distributed and will not be confined in the bunker.

Various modifications and changes in the design, construction, operation and application of my improved device may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead adapted to be moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall.

2. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a-collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames having wire fabric walls and adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having a wire fabric wall and adapted to be moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall.

3. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end Wall of said car, side frames adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having rollers operating on tracks for permitting the same to be moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall.

4. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames having Wire fabric Walls and adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having Y bulkhead adapted to be'moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames andbulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall, said parts being so arranged as to be locked in their open positions by the ice bars in their normal position.

6. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames having wire fabric walls and adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having a wire fabric Wall and adapted to be moved against said side frames, whereby said bars,

frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end Wall, said parts being so arranged as to be locked in their open positions by the ice bars in their normal position.

7. The combination with a refrigerator car, of a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to, be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having rollers operating on tracks for permitting the same tobe moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall, said parts being so arranged as to be locked in their open positions by the ice bars in their normal position.

8. The combination with a refrigerator car, of. a collapsible ice bunker comprising ice bars adapted to be swung upward against the end wall of said car, side frames having wire fabric walls and adapted to be swung against said ice bars, and a bulkhead having a wire fabric wall and having rollers operating on tracks for permitting the same to be moved against said side frames, whereby said bars, frames and bulkhead will assume vertical positions when collapsed against said end wall, said parts being so arranged as to be locked in their open positions by the ice bars in their normal position.

In testimony whereof, I, the said MORLEY PUNSHON REYNOLDS, have hereunto set my hand.

MORLEY PUNSHO N REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

GUY A. DEsBno, H. G. GOATES. 

